The next nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries will be held in 2018. January 13 by Reuters

DUBAI (Reuters) – The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries will be held in Geneva on January 13, Iran’s semi-official ESNA news agency reported on Wednesday, the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi.

Iran has discussed its controversial nuclear program with Britain, France and Germany in November 2024.

Those talks, the first since the US election, came after Tehran was angered by the European-backed decision for Iran’s alleged poor cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

Tehran responded to the decision by informing the IAEA regulator that it plans to install additional uranium enrichment centrifuges at its enrichment facilities.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, told Reuters in December that Iran was accelerating the process of refining its uranium to 60%, which is close to 90% weapons grade. Tehran denies it is pursuing nuclear weapons and says its program is peaceful.

In the year In 2018, the then-Donald Trump administration pulled out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers, imposing tough sanctions on Iran that have forced Tehran to violate the deal’s nuclear restrictions, such as rebuilding enriched uranium stockpiles, refining them to higher fissile purity, and installing advanced centrifuges to speed up production.

Although indirect talks between the administration of US President Joe Biden and Tehran to renew the agreement have failed, Trump said during his election campaign in September, “We have to make a deal because the outcome is impossible. We have to make a deal.” .